New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-05

MS burned On As the SIDES OF
burned first, those who escaped the bodies on the
floor 10y the all in namcs ana pulled out
with long poles and rolled in the snow, where
they lay for time steaming and smoking.
Three of the flesh be the bodies of
Joseph Postchwate and his Henry and Spencer of
Belton, West Virginia His wife and two daughters
III the slccpers and unhurt Their grief heartrend
ing while the husband and were burning NJ III.
Parks Washington d. C., labor delegate caught fast In
the smoker. tossed ont his papers and money and was
soon burned up 4 Mr. Ballard. CAUGHT between the
railing of two by the hips calmly, passed over his
papers money and cwcry Tom" IIarkctt. conductor
of the express, and in few moments conl he seen en-
vriopcd by the flames There picso ashes where the
five coaches burned In these ashes found silver and
pieces Of jcvclry charred flesh and pieces OF bones
few pieces Of all that left of of the
/ bodies. There but three or four wounded.
! The following IL partial list OF the dead:
/ BALLARD. Nr.-Ot New-York state.
RGS EGSnT o kn,Ft , 1., oi ira anpoT
| rsEKs. N. H.-Adlrss not known
Po-ILETnwAur. HENRY.
| Po-TtETIwAlTF
Pace. ". Sol Wheeling baegagem,ster OF the express
ToniII, JonS-Of California
AGO. Jan IA dispatch The Tunes from Tiiln.
Ohio At OIL this morning east bound freight
rrd under the charge OF Conductor Fletcher in col
son with the west bound fast line the Baltimore and
Ohio road nt point about half milo west OF Republic.
aud distant about miles east Of Thin. Conductor
Fletcher had received orders AT TINS city 10 sc Track NJ
| scpio five miles west Of Republic TO ullow the east
bound passenger to pass and being under
particular orders and having, he claimed.
/ tlrty-Gyc minutes 10 make the switch at Re
| pupc before the west bound due. which
would ordinarily take about eighteen minutes he pulled
out after the Fast bound train had passed The night
was cold. and he had difficulty in keeping up steam.
About 200 yaris from the switch the engine came to
standstill Although II must have been apparent To him
hat there hut little time Ia be lost. warning vas
sounded until they came 10 halt He then started mp
the track with lantern. lie had only proceeded up the
track few hundred feet when he the headlight OF
the express rounding the aud moving down the
srs-.s ss -isty miles an hour Horror
stricken he swung bi- lantern. but to" ato, and wi
| trightful crash the engines came together.
The passenger train In charge Of
Conductor Tom IIackctt. Engineer Lem Eastman
and Fireman William Frederick ana consisted of engine
No 72G, nail and baggage express smoker coach
aud two slccIcIs. Engineer Eastman the signal and
at the time the headlight OF the freight engine and
sigma He'd brakes, erscd the lever ami with warning
his fireman jurped through the cab window aghtng
In bauk. apiug with slight injury his
The fireman, William Frederick, was engaged In sokng
tie hc and too late TO escape and the next moment
caught between the cab aud boiler. his right thigh
pierced by nn iron rod and the limb broken IN several
places. Notwithstanding his terrible injuries he
hnpcrcd touclous until o'clock, when death
came To his release sti fastened In the
-
d G. The freight train was manned by Conductor
Fischer, Engineer Killer and Fireman W. J. Callison, and
consisted Of Engine No 923 sixteen loaded and
few cmptics The escaped uninured The effect Of
the collision he better imagined than described The
engines OF the two trains reared into the air like pair OF
cnrlgcd monsters and settled down upon the track
driven into each other until the cylinders touched Tho
force OF the Impact jammcd the baggage ami mail
into the ndcr Uf the fast nc the express into the
baggage AMI the smoker into the express
lc-- than five minutes from the moment OF
the collision and before any organized effort at
rescue could made, the fire Of overturned
stoves communicated Ia the WOO lwork and the flames
lcaped high In the air their minging with the
OF anguish Of the Imprisoned victims. Ia whom death In
its most terrible form horrd pre-cnce The train
and uuinurcd passengers powcrlcss and could
only look upon the pyre and hope for speedy termina
ton OF the suffering OF the victims The smoker
tancd from twelve to twenty passengers, some of whom
were immigrants. and but two escaped alive. one
ten an Irish Immigrant, terribly bruised and
burned that he cannot Recover The name Of the man
who escaped unInurcd could not he learned. Baggage
master W. +. Gates. OF Newark, Ohio, the
only man In his car and ho WAS hurt
In both legs the left leg being cut In several places AMI
splinter rod had run his right Pierce, the
express messenger, burned Ia acrisp. His home is at
Wheeling ". Va, where a bride Of u few months awaits
n husband who will never return C. Z Bradley, Of
Washington. found hanging from the window OF the
and lie burned To death and his charcd remains fell to
the ground black and shapelcss mass He was con-
siois and his address bysancrs and said that
he was an officer OF the Knights oi Labor lie gave his
watch ana everything he could get from his
pockets To Conductor Fletcher OF the freight |
train Joseph Postiethwaite and two SONS, spcn- !
Ger aud Henry, were also burned In tho smoker. |
The family moving from Marlinsburg, W. Va.
70 Chilleothe Mo-. having sold their arn for about
$4,000 in money and notes which burned with Mr..
destitute, rossthwate was Union soldier ana ana De- Dc
PARKS whose address unable to ascertain was also
burned to death after handing his money and cards to
consumed. as we're those OF several others
whose names are not known. and perhaps, never will be-
In The undertaking establishment OF the little village,
charied and D. kcncd beyond senblance TO humanity
lay the dshgured remains OF nine OF the victims. burned
have been recognized fostlethwaite and his sous had
been found IN partition hch established their identity
There was no way by which relief could be brought TO
tho wrecked train until too late, The ground
. Sn S e ie nS ono
1he offces OF the baltimore and ONO Company mere
were AL day bcseged by anxious inqulrers supposed 10
have friends relatives In the disaster but neither Mr.
Dearborn the assistant passenger agent nor the station
character give them. one with tears glisteninY
in his ees nsoasy nqurns for lat OF the dead
man secured letter from Assistant General Frelynt
Agent ggecw and visiting the operator AZ sde 10 aepS Ss
tram was injured This gentleman had relative on tne
proDably occupied one OF the scepcr The anxiety felt
over 'e eas9phe here %a very Erea. anu ,ne thew
might have denomnated by some Of the nqulres US
brutal All information WAS declined even to statinY
when the train carrying the survivors might DC ehpectou
V Daiiv.Sees dispatch from Washington p G, says
Inquiry Vt ali the hotels aud Baltimore and Ohio ucket
Offices aud the Offices Of tho Transfer COMPANY anu
tho omnibus lines shows that & n four
persons r. Towic and wife, OF Detroit and Mrs Fish
s ss: Ss.n 10
stating that they were not Injured ,,. p,o.ohor